College Scholars on Social Media
College Scholars is establishing a presence on social media. We now have a Facebook page, “University of Tennessee College Scholars Program,” where we post news and photos about the program. You can “like” us and keep informed. We have also established a members-only group on LinkedIn (LinkedIn.com). All alumni for whom we had an e-mail address have been invited to join. If you have not yet joined, we encourage you to do so. As of this writing, 117 alumni and current students are part of this group and the discussions are lively. The group was established to allow alumni to connect with each other and to allow them to connect with current students and, as appropriate, serve as mentors. If you have not received an invitation, please send an e-mail message to scholars@utk.edu and you will receive one. If you are not part of LinkedIn, it is easy to join.
To give you a taste of what you can learn by joining the LinkedIn group, here are a few selected alumni notes posted there.
Fisher Neal (2006) received the MFA from Yale School of Drama and is a co-founder of the Old Sound Room in New York City. The Old Sound Room “makes live experiential performance incorporating music, movement, and the dynamic adaptation of classical & modern texts.”
Nathan Oesch (2000) is in the final year of doctoral program in experimental psychology at Oxford where he is continuing research in language evolution.
For the past several years Glenn Morgan (1976) has been Post Producer (overseeing the editors) on Project Runway, which has received several Emmy nominations during its twelve years on the air.
Jay Raman (1997) has been a Foreign Service since 2002. He has been posted abroad in the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Guatemala, and Ecuador, primarily working as a spokesman and on cultural programs. He has recently returned to the Washington, DC area to study Khmer in preparation for his next assignment in Cambodia.
After earning the B.A. in College Scholars in 1997, Eugene Burns stayed on at UT and received a Ph.D. in microbiology. He is currently Associate Professor of Biology at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, OH.
Paige Graham (1999) earned the Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and is currently President of Graham Consulting Group and on the faculty of the University of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, CO.